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Quotation dates: 1822-1839, 1903
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†SPEND, v.2, n.
I. v. intr. To spring, leap, dash (Lth. 1808 Jam.).Edb. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 32:
I owre the dykes an' ditches spended.Sc. 1827 C. I. Johnstone Eliz. de Bruce I. xv.:
Young Monkshaugh spended out o' his bed.Edb. 1839 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xxii.:
Holding the naig's head, in case it should spend off.
II. n. A spring, bound, leap (Sc. 1825 Jam.).Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xix.:
Making a spend like a greyhound.e.Lth. 1903 J. Lumsden Toorle 86:
A sudden spend he's ta'en frae prime o' life.
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